I saw the jokes about the name change a few times, and went looking for what the name even meant. I didn’t expect it to be so literal, it feels like an odd format to ship crackers in
The name specifically ties into the history of what Cracker Barrel is trying to replicate: An old country store. Back when small towns often only had a few businesses, country stores were not just for selling food and supplies; they were a community gathering place. During this time, soda crackers, which are another name for saltines, were shipped to these stores in big wooden barrels to prevent them from breaking during transit. After the crackers were taken out, the barrels would be repurposed as tables that locals could sit around as they socialized. They were even used to hold checkerboards, which remain a Cracker Barrel staple.
TIL Americans don’t know what crackers are, I thought all the white people comments were just jokes.
Nothing sounds worse to me than dusty crackers from an old wooden barrel. Beer, sure, but crackers is sailing coloniser bleak.
ugh dusty beer
also most of us don’t do christmas crackers, we just do food crackers like saltines
Any beer! Mostly metal nowadays.
yeah, statesian beer makes it so you can hardly taste the rohypnol and why even drink it then
Never been spiked, I’ve tried, but no luck so far
its less fun than youd think
Terrifying. Bless
The nostalgia is the point. Nobody stores crackers in barrels anymore, but everybody did then because it was the best option at the time. Same reason the save icon is a floppy disk.
Nostalgia for crackers in a barrel? It was (apparently badly) tongue in cheek, but also but like nostalgia really huh, interesting.